Religion in Dorset - Bishops of Sherborne, Churches in Dorset, Monasteries in Dorset, Asser, Aldhelm, Sherborne Abbey, Milton Abbey School (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Bishops of Sherborne, Churches in Dorset, Monasteries in Dorset, Asser, Aldhelm, Sherborne Abbey, Milton Abbey School, List of monastic houses in Dorset, Bishop of Salisbury, Bournemouth Reform Synagogue, Christchurch Priory, Wimborne Minster, St. Aldhelm's Chapel, St. Aldhelm's Head, Abbotsbury Abbey, Forde Abbey, Graham Kings, Bindon Abbey, Shaftesbury Abbey, Gerald Allen, St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury, Tim Thornton, Alfwold, St Martin's Church, Wareham, Bishop of Sherborne, Robert Abbott, Tarrant Abbey, Maurice Key, John Kirkham, Victor Pike, Cerne Abbey, Harold Rodgers, Melcombe Priory, Spetisbury Priory, St Monica's Priory, Spetisbury, Horton Priory, Wareham Nunnery, Blackmoor Priory Hermitage, Piddletrenthide Priory, Chilcombe Camera, Kingston Camera, West Lulworth Priory, Gillingham Friary, Cranborne Priory, Bridport Priory, Frampton Priory, Wareham Priory, Loders Priory, Holme Priory, Wilcheswood monastery, Bridport Friary, Lulworth Abbey, Dorchester Friary, Mayne Preceptory, Povington Priory. Excerpt: Asser (d. 908/909) was a Welsh monk from St David's, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court. After spending a year at Caerwent because of illness, Asser accepted. In 893 Asser wrote a biography of Alfred, called the Life of King Alfred. The manuscript survived to modern times in only one copy, which was part of the Cotton library. That copy was destroyed in a fire in 1731, but transcriptions that had been made earlier, together with material from Asser's work which was included by other early writers, have enabled the work to be reconstructed. The biography is the main source of information about Alfred's life and provides far more information about Alfred t...